The lefty New Jersey politicians who stormed a Newark immigration detention center did it for their “15 minutes of fame,” Homeland Security’s spokeswoman railed Monday as the feds weigh criminal charges against them for alleged assault.
Tricia McLaughlin, DHS’s assistant secretary for public affairs, called the stunt last week at the Delaney Hall Detention Center by Democratic US Reps. Robert Menendez Jr., LaMonica McIver and Bonnie Watson Coleman and Newark Mayor Ras Baraka “beyond the pale.”
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The pols were among protesters calling for the facility — a privately run facility under contract with ICE that houses non-citizens waiting for immigration proceedings or deportation — to be shut down.
The feds said Baraka, a Democrat running for governor, was arrested and charged with trespassing after entering the center and refusing to leave, despite several warnings.
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Video provided to Fox News by DHS shows Menendez and McIver in an angry confrontation with ICE agents at a security checkpoint. McIver is seen shouting in the agents’ faces and appearing to elbow her way past them to get through the facility gates.
“It sure looks like assault. People should watch that and decide for themselves. There is no place for that, especially members of Congress. It is so beneath them to be treating law enforcement like this,” McLaughlin said.
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Baraka was released Friday night to cheers from a large crowd of protesters and public officials — including socialist New York City mayoral candidate Zohran Mamdani.
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